Yesterday, in Munich, a 31-year-old Syrian, Abdullatif al-M, climbed up a crane in the early morning (before 7 am) and threatened to kill himself unless he and his 8-member family (the rest of whom are currently in Egypt) were granted asylum. 50 police and 30 firemen were deployed to deal with this. When they tried to approach him, he cut himself with razors. Streets were blocked off for the entire day before the crane cabin was eventually stormed at midnight and he was apprehended.